[Sca-cooks] Cubebs

[Volker Bach]

Am Samstag, 26. August 2006 03:50 schrieb Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius:
>
> Duke's Powder is a phrase used in somebody's (Powers'?) translation
> of Le Menagier, in a translated hippocras recipe. As I recall, it
> refers to the weighed-out spice mixture being mixed with a specific
> amount of sugar and then with wine to make the hippocras, but it also
> says, according to the translator, that the spice-and-sugar mixture
> is called The Duke's Powder.
>
> Of course, some have argued that this should be translated as Powder
> Douce, or simply Sweetened Powder, and that it really has no relation
> to anyone of Ducal rank.

I wonder. IIRC the spelling is 'pouldre de duc', and Jeanne Bourin (admittedly 
not a noted authority on linguistics, but a native speaker with some 
experience in reading medieval texts) also believes that this refers to a 
duke, not to sweetness. 

Does anyone know how other recipes for poudre douce compare?

Giano


	

	
		
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